de Vendark Family (Edited)

Now you may be wondering what happened to me when that day occurred. After the assassination attempt, Moros and Alicia decided to heighten security for me. This led to slight chaos in the de Vendark family. The patrician of de Vendark initiated an investigation.

My life didn't go well after this, resulting to me being isolated with a full force of soldiers guarding at my room door. This situation made me stop learning about the world.

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A young kid with astonishing white hair and a cold gaze of purple eyes is writing in a book.

'Days, months, and years, I've been isolated and protected by this highly skilled soldier. Even a maid bringing food to me needs to undergo inspection for almost thirty minutes! I've been bored in this room, reading a bit about this world, but it's not very informative—just a few details about history.'

While writing in his own personal book, suddenly a door opened, and three people entered the room.

A beautiful young maid appeared, accompanied by two soldiers, with the young maid carrying a wooden sword.

"Greetings, little lord! Your request is here!"

Greeted by the beautiful young maid, it turned out it was John. John stopped writing as he was annoyed. "Stop calling me a lord; just call me John."

"But little lord, I can't do that. I have a rule to follow. As a maid, all the maids in the mansion should greet you as a lord. It's one of the rules all workers need to follow."

John, frustrated, sighed. "Hayyss, whatever. Also, stop calling me little; I'm one year older than you!."

"But anyway, you seem to have brought what I requested. Did you get permission from the head captain?"

The young maid politely answered, "Yes, lord. She did allow me to bring a wooden sword, thanks to your letter; it was easy to convince her."

*Whoosh, it did work really, eh? I just wrote there is a full cringe thing,* John thought.

"Well, anyway, give me that wooden sword."

John grabbed the wooden sword gently, checking every part of it, and noticed something peculiar.

*What the heck? Why is there rune language on this wooden sword?*

He quickly asked the maid, "Hey Mia, why is there a written word on this wooden sword?"

The young maid, Mia, answered as she looked shocked, "A word? I don't know about that, young lord! But if I remember correctly, before the captain gave it to me, she put something on the wooden sword, so it may be a reason why there is a word on the sword."

John thought, *It's my first time to know that. The only thing I know about the captain is that she is a skilled and talented person, but I never imagined that she was beyond that.*

*The Captain is rumored to be a ruthless woman, having killed countless enemies on the battlefield. Despite her scary personality, there are rumors that she is kind-hearted on the inside. Additionally, she is said to be only twenty-eight years old and became the head Captain at the age of sixteen, showcasing remarkable talent.*

*But if I'm not mistaken, this rune spell is a blink spell. It's of the highest grade level of teleportation technique. Does it have to do with my safety?*

*This makes me excited to leave this room and meet her in person. Maybe I can learn something.*

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While John was isolated, the only thing he did was train his small body, read, stare at the window where all he could see was a guard patrolling and a rune spell barrier protecting a mansion.

Despite the situation, he didn't refrain from requesting things. During his isolation, he requested a lot of books, including one on rune spells, some swordsmanship books, and history, one of his habit is to listen in the soldier conversation.

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•System•

Head Quest!

Meet the head captain in person; if you succeed, you will be rewarded.

50× Energy

50× Mana

*Oh, wow, this is a win-win! If I succeed, I can finally unlock it...*

*Stat Window!*

- Flexibility: 80

- Agility: 50

- Strength: 100

- Intelligence: 87

- Dexterity: 35

- Energy: 0

- Mana: 20

- Endurance: 50

- Defense: 20

- Magic Defense: 0

*Even though I've been here for eight years, that 20 stat in mana appears nowhere. Maybe it's because of the de Vendark family.*

*The de Vendark family is famous for one thing: swordsmanship. They are a symbol of the sword on the continent, winning every war they fought. From what I've read about the history of my new family, they never lost a war. Initially, the de Vendark family was just a mercenary family, paying a hefty sum to join and fight in wars. They were like Switzerland. However, since the third patrician ruled the family, things changed. The de Vendark family created their own mana, which they called the golden core.*

*The family takes great pride in this, choosing to develop their own mana rather than seek help from other families. Even though the golden core mana is significantly powerful, being the second most powerful mana in history, this is the only information I've come across.*

*The world is vast, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are stronger mana sources than the golden core or even more potent than the so-called most powerful mana. Unfortunately, I lack information about the rulers of mana, but they are described as possessing a powerful mana that can destroy a thousand enemies with a single swing.*

•System Close•

John quickly remembered that Mia and two soldiers were still in his room.

*Haha, I forgot that Mia and the two soldier were still in my room.

"You guys can leave now. I'm very sorry; I'm lost in deep thoughts."

Young maid Mia is shocked. "No! Don't worry, Lord! I'm going too. I need to do something in the kitchen."

"Please, I take my leave." The two soldiers guarding the door leave. First, Mia follows to leave. The door closes, leaving John alone in the room.

"Finally, I'm alone. It's time for a warm-up."

John swings a wooden sword with just one hand. As he continues, he speaks.

"This is a fine wooden sword. I think I should do a basic Kali drill with this wooden sword."

*There are eight angle strikes in Kali, but in short, if I remember correctly, it's diagonal, horizontal, overhead, and thrust. There are a lot of variety strikes if you combine some of them. One of the famous ones I know is redonda, but I didn't use it well back then. I only did the eight angle strikes. I never used some of the varieties quietly, but there is one I used—the snapping strike. I used it to distract my opponent during sparring.*

*While there are many fast and snappy strikes in Kali, a lot of coordination is required. It's hard, but the only thing I struggled to learn is Redonda. Among the martial arts I learned, Kali was the one I struggled with the most. Thanks to this Redonda strike, but, as they say, it's an advanced strike to learn, so struggling is normal.*

As John looked out the window, he remembered everything he did in his first life—all his determination about learning Kali and all the friends that helped him.

"Ah, it's nostalgic, no matter how I think about it. Maybe I should..."

While John is walking, something suddenly interrupts him—a warp gate appears in front of John.

"Aww man, not again, Nomi. I'm going to change my clothes." *Annoyed*

{Why is our little lord going to change his clothes himself? Where is your personal maid? But anyway, just come in. I'm going to give you something, so come in.}

*Hayys again, since the day I hit the age of six, Nomi started summoning a warp gate in my room, as she likes or whatever she wants. Well, there are only two places I believe I'm going to when I enter that warp—the place where I first met Nomi and a second place, just a wide plain.*

*This is starting to give me a headache...*

{Hey, I read all your thoughts, no matter what you're hiding. I can always read them, so come in here.}

"Tsk, okay, okay, I'm going in..." *Scratching his head*

John enters the warp as it starts to vanish, and he disappears into it.